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Peter Williams explains why the Labour-backed assisted suicide Bill had to be defeatedOne of the greatest strengths of the conservative and Tory tradition has been its ability to harmonise concern for, and appropriately weight, the various...

Dr. Jon Stanley, Bow Group Health Contributor writes in The Guardian's LettersRead the original letter at The Guardian"Has the status of the EHIC, the European health insurance card, been raised in the EU referendum debate? What will be...

A nationwide health service that identifies undeserving freeloaders away from the point of delivery and charges them fairly can only exist outside the European UnionThe compulsory privatisation which continues can only be arrested by rejecting...

Atula Abeysekera offers a five-point plan for keeping the NHS aliveOur policy recommendations are not radical, but they are incremental innovations. We are confident that they will achieve cost savings, improve efficiency and productivity to...

John Mann’s done it. He’s hit the nail on the head and smashed his thumb in the process. It is now apparently an EU scandal that the NHS pays more to the EU than we receive. It is a scandal of incompetence both by the government and...

Read our latest press release on the Junior Doctor's Strike below: Tuesday's Doctor's strike could cause hundreds of deaths, will cost millions and is a ploy by the BMA to distract the public and politicians from the real harms to the...

The Bow Group has released a policy paper, "Five practical steps for innovation in the NHS and wider healthcare", by Atula Abeysehera.Our five step policy recommendations are not radical, but they are incremental innovations.We are confident...

The Bow Group and Dr Daniel Poulter MP have jointly produced a new target policy paper reflecting on the UK’s ageing population and the concurrent increase in chronic long-term conditions and setting out how the hospice movement should look in the...

On 31st August 2011 the Guardian published an article Obesity plan could cost shoppers dear which featured criticism from the Children’s Food Campaign about the Government’s Change4Life voucher initiative. The Change4Life voucher scheme...

On 3rd August 2011, the Public Accounts Committee published its report on the National Programme for IT in the NHS. In doing so, the Committee highlighted the catastrophic and atrophic failure of the previous Labour Government’s hopelessly...

In March 2011, the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee formally submitted evidence to the Government’s public health white paper consultation following the publication of ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People: our strategy for public health...

On 10th June 2011, the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee submitted written evidence to the Health Select Committee’s inquiry into public health. This follows the Bow Group’s recent submission to the Department of Health’s...

The Bow Health & Education Policy Committee has today published a new target policy paper, "Obesity Epidemic - Paranoia or Evidence Based?" It assesses current predictions indicating that 60% of the UK population will be classified as clinically...

In February 2011, the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee submitted written evidence as part of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Primary Care and Public Health's special inquiry into the Government's public health White...

On 30th November 2010, the Coalition Government published its eagerly anticipated White Paper on public health, ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our Strategy for Public Health in England’. The near 100 page document – significantly more bulky...

On Thursday 10th March, Stuart Carroll, the Chairman of the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee, presented his perspective on the UK Government’s value-based pricing (VBP) policy for drugs and pharmaceuticals in front of an expert...

On Friday 11th February, the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee submitted written evidence as part of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Primary Care and Public Health's special inquiry into the Government's public health...

In December 2009, the Macdonald Report that looked at health education concluded "it is essential for all children and young people to have an entitlement to a common core of knowledge, skills and understanding in PSHE [Personal, Social, Health and...

Responding to the new White Paper, Healthy Lives, Healthy People: our strategy for public health in England, the Bow Group Health Policy Committee welcomes much of the radical blueprint to promote public health and wellbeing across the country. The...

Despite the Coalition Government’s pledge to ring-fence the healthcare budget, the NHS is facing sustained financial retrenchment and increased user demand. Against the backdrop of the UK’s parlous public finances, it is vital all aspects of...

As the authors of the Bow Group paper, 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS - Opportunities and Challenges', we were delighted to see the Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham MP, make direct reference to our paper on Newsnight (televised on...

On 12th July 2010, the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley MP, announced the publication of the Government's flagship Health White Paper, 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS'.The 57 page document outlines a vision of...